CHIJ Family of Schools

[corneyAmber]

jenrence:

Hi 25hourmaid

Yes she is my 1st child, that's why I am so blur.

Thanks very much for the clear explanations. Cheers! :rahrah:

No problem at all, we are all here to help one another.

BTW, just kaypo a bit more. Do you have a second or third child? Girl or Boy?

Why do I ask? Well, if you have a second child who is a boy, then you have to think carefully where you intend to send him when the time comes. If you opt for a co-ed school now, you have one less headache when it comes the the boy's turn, but if you opt for IJ Katong, then you will have to go through the same headache again when it is time for you to register your boy.

That said, there are only 2 co-ed Catholic primary schools in Singapore and bit far for you too if you were to consider them.

On the other hand, there's St Stephen's in the East for your boy if you have one.

Oops, I think I have spoken too much without even knowing if you have a boy or a girl after this first girl! :oops:

[jenrence]

25hourmaid:

No problem at all, we are all here to help one another.


BTW, just kaypo a bit more. Do you have a second or third child? Girl or Boy?

Why do I ask? Well, if you have a second child who is a boy, then you have to think carefully where you intend to send him when the time comes. If you opt for a co-ed school now, you have one less headache when it comes the the boy's turn, but if you opt for IJ Katong, then you will have to go through the same headache again when it is time for you to register your boy.

That said, there are only 2 co-ed Catholic primary schools in Singapore and bit far for you too if you were to consider them.

On the other hand, there's St Stephen's in the East for your boy if you have one.

Oops, I think I have spoken too much without even knowing if you have a boy or a girl after this first girl! :oops:

Hi 25hourmaid

Yes I do have a 2nd child a boy.

I have taken into consideration about the schools for both of them while choosing a school for my gal. Would prefer them to go to Catholics schools. Where are the 2 co-ed Catholic schools?

As for my boy I may choose St Stephen or Maris Stella. Do you know the academic standard of ST Stephen? How is this school?

Which schools are your kids attending?

Thanks for your prompt and kind advice

:thankyou:

[corneyAmber]

jenrence:

Hi 25hourmaid


Yes I do have a 2nd child a boy.

I have taken into consideration about the schools for both of them while choosing a school for my gal. Would prefer them to go to Catholics schools. Where are the 2 co-ed Catholic schools?

As for my boy I may choose St Stephen or Maris Stella. Do you know the academic standard of ST Stephen? How is this school?

Which schools are your kids attending?

Thanks for your prompt and kind advice

:thankyou:

Sorry, made a mistake in my earlier post. :oops: :oops: There are actually 3 co-ed Catholic Primary Schools in Singapore :

De La Salle School in CCK
St Anthony's Primary School in Bukit Batok
Holy Innocents' Primary School in Hougang

All seem a bit too far for you since you are Bedok Reservoir.

Like you said, a good choice would be to send them to different Catholic Schools.

Not sure about the academic standard of St Stephen's as I do not reside in that area. About the only thing I know about St Stephen's is that it is affiliated to SJI and St Patricks. Perhaps you would like to read about it in the St Stephen's thread?

Maris Stella is a good school though again distance wise is a bit far for you. You are definitely out of 2km and since it is quite a popular school, you might have to ballot to get in since the parent volunteers also come under 2B. Bear in mind that Maris Stella is a SAP school though, so both your kids would be doing different levels of Chinese as IJ Katong does not offer Higher Chinese to students till P5 and P6, while Maris Stella uses Higher Chinese text book from P1.

Hope the above helps you in making a well informed decision.

[precious_angel]

hi


Can anyone shed some light?

I am a catholic and wish to enrol my kid in any IJ.

However, in order to be under phase 2B, what are the things to produce at time of registration? Do we need to obtain any recommendation letter etc from our church? Or bring our baptism cert will do?

Don’t know how to go about under phase 2b?

Pls help. Thanks.

[corneyAmber]

precious_angel:

hi


Can anyone shed some light?

I am a catholic and wish to enrol my kid in any IJ.

However, in order to be under phase 2B, what are the things to produce at time of registration? Do we need to obtain any recommendation letter etc from our church? Or bring our baptism cert will do?

Don't know how to go about under phase 2b?

Pls help. Thanks.

Yes, you are right, your girl comes under 2B for Catholics, does not matter which IJ you go to, but bear in mind the distance rule if there is balloting. 2B is also for PVs, so you are actually fighting for a place with them.

No, you do not need any letter from your Parish Priest in order to register for 2B. Can you imagine every K2 student asking the poor Parish Priest for a letter? :? Just the child's baptism cert will suffice. Remember it is the child that must be Catholic with a baptism cert, not the baptism cert of the parents even if the parents are Catholics.

Alternatively, you may register her for yours or your husband's former school under 2A2, that is assuming that your husband went to a co-ed school, that is. A report book/testimonial from the former school should be good enough as proof.

Hope that helps.

[precious_angel]

Hi


Thanks for the info.

Thought still need to obtain letter from parish.

My hub is fm boys school and mysef neighbourhood sch so I can register my gal under phase 2B only. And saw most IJ has ballot. Haiz…

[rainbowmom]

Hi precious_angel,


If you are Catholic, you gal will be under phrase 2B and no ballot is required for almost all the IJ convents.

[Namie]

rainbowmom:

Hi precious_angel,


If you are Catholic, you gal will be under phrase 2B and no ballot is required for almost all the IJ convents.

....except for IJ Toa Payoh and St. Nicholas.

[janet88]

Hi Mummies,

Anyone here going to register your gals in IJ TP this year ?

[CatharineV]

Hi,


I’m new to the site & will register my daughter this year. The "Catholic" criteria is very interesting and very new to me. All along I thought I should stick to Kellock because its my old school.

However I live in Upper Bukit Timah, now I’m hoping to get her into St Nicks or TP under phase 2B, but someone said it doesn’t apply to these schools. Is that correct?

My daughter was baptised in Australia.

Which is the better school after St. Nicks?


Thanks,

Catharine